Focus 11 vs. Close Beauty

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Unless I missed something these two were not nominated by any of the collaborators.  Did you guys just collectively miss them.  Not that there aren't a lot of fine albums on the list mind you.

Poll Question: I was surprised to not see either of these in the top 100 for 2019
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Focus - Focus 11	4	[66.67%]
Jan Akkerman - Close Beauty	1	[16.67%]
Too close to call.	1	[16.67%]
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Slartibartfast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29625	Post Options Post Reply Quote Slartibartfast Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Focus 11 vs. Close Beauty Posted: February 12 2020 at 13:26
	Unless I missed something these two were not nominated by any of the collaborators. Did you guys just collectively miss them. Not that there aren't a lot of fine albums on the list mind you.
	Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

Cristi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 41327	Post Options Post Reply Quote Cristi Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 12 2020 at 15:04
	I don't know these, last Focus I listened was Focus 9

Manuel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12369	Post Options Post Reply Quote Manuel Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 13 2020 at 09:42
	I really like both very much, so I went with "too close to call."

miamiscot Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 23 2014 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 3418	Post Options Post Reply Quote miamiscot Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 13 2020 at 11:10
	Focus 11 was delicious!!! I love it so much.

Slartibartfast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29625	Post Options Post Reply Quote Slartibartfast Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 13 2020 at 13:40
	I did notice that 11 was first available on their tour in November 2018 but the official release wasn't until January 2019...
	Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

richardh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26140	Post Options Post Reply Quote richardh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 14 2020 at 00:48
	I've counted Focus 11 as a 2018 release (that was when I purchased it) so never considered it for 2019 . However I like the 2 preceding albums a lot more. I've got the Jan Akkerman album and it's very nice although it didn't exactly rock my world ( however nothing much in 2019 did) . I gave it my vote and I will also add it to my list so it doesn't get missed out altogether!

richardh Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 26140	Post Options Post Reply Quote richardh Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: February 14 2020 at 16:56
	^ Weirdly it turns out that I don't own Focus 11 but just added it to my streaming library. Not the first time I've made that mistake! I've not properly listened to it but plan to do so this weekend.